Erin K. Schmidt

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  • books
    • all books
    • birds of a feather >
      • As The Crow Flies
      • Dumped for a Stripper
      • fight or flight
      • Icare
      • sanctuary
      • the birds and the bees
      • the dovecote
      • wrecked
    • body language >
      • anamnesis
      • covfefe
      • hem/o
      • hoax
      • jubblies
      • long blonde hair
      • perforate
      • THE END OF THE WASP SEASON
      • The Unfinished Blanket
      • tiny maps
      • TRIUMPH
      • veiled muse
    • forest through the trees >
      • day/night
      • house in the wood
      • hushed we met
      • little canopies
      • the coyote's gift (in shadows)
      • remember me with affection
    • sheep's clothing >
      • 1954
      • buried in memory
      • I remember how we met
      • winter stayed late
    • troubled water >
      • life is but a dream
      • loon lake
      • not this year
      • tea and water pipe
      • Tea Party
      • Telling Time
      • waves
      • what news
  • about
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Tea Party

196 cups of tea. 196 cooling breaths across steam. 196 moments of eagerness, of hopefulness, of relaxation, of anticipation, of worriedness, of sadness, of hesitation, of calm. 196 Twinings tea bags were brewed over time and sorted by color to make this book. 36 teabags have been left intact with the exception of the paper tag. The remaining 160 teabags have been disassembled and emptied, each revealing its own unique set of lines and markings left behind while drying. In a language of their own they tell the story of 196 cups of tea.

Teabags, teabag paper, string.  7  1/2" x 7" x 7"  unique book, 2022.